Drifloon (Pokémon)

Drifloon フワンテ Fuwante

Artwork from Diamond/Pearl

Types Species  Ghost  Flying  Balloon Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Aftermath or Unburden 1,640,000 Pokédex National #425 Johto #— Hoenn #— Sinnoh #065 Browser Fiore R— Almia R-142 Height Weight 1'04" 2.6 lbs. Pokédex color Body style Footprint Catch rate Purple 125 Gender ratio   50% male   50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Indeterminate 31 (7905 steps) EV yield HP 1 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 127 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex On Smogon Pokédex On Eevee's Pokédex On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex On Marriland Pokédex On Serebii's Pokédex: Generation IV (Spin-Off games) On Ultimate Pokémon Center Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Drifloon (Japanese: フワンテ Fuwante) is a dual-type Ghost/Flying Pokémon.

It evolves into Drifblim starting at level 28.

Biology

Physiology

Drifloon's mouth, in the middle of the X

Drifloon has a round, purple body with two stringy arms that have a yellow heart-shape on them. Drifloon has black-dot eyes and a yellow "X" on its face; as Drifloon are said to be the ghosts of popped balloons, this "X" may be two pieces of tape intended to cover the hole that would have caused the balloon to deflate. A white mass of fluff sits on top of Drifloon's head.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Drifloon and its evolution Drifblim have the signature ability, Unburden, which doubles Speed when the Pokémon's hold item is lost. This could possibly be a reference to how real balloons may not float if weighed down, and once whatever was holding it is gone, it floats away.

Behavior

Drifloon usually try to grab children in attempts to spirit them away, but these attempts always end up with the Drifloon getting swung around. Being filled with air lets Drifloon either expand or shrink to express its feelings.

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Drifloon in the anime

Drifloon first appeared in Drifloon on the Wind!, where many were the friends of two young Joys.

Drifloon also appeared in The Rise of Darkrai.

One also appeared in A Full Course Tag Battle!, belonging to Kylie.

A Drifloon appeared in Camping It Up!.

Fantina appeared with her Drifloon in Playing The Leveling Field!, and it evolved into Drifblim while battling Ash's Pikachu in the episode.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

It appeared in the manga Diamond and Pearl when the trio were in Valley Windworks as a friend of the worker there.

In the TCG

Main article: Drifloon (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

• In the Pokémon Stadium 2 stage, a Drifloon can be seen floating on the Flying Terrain. Other guest Pokémon found in the Flying Terrain include a Skarmory and a Hoppip drifting in the distance.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Drifloon is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.

• Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 2.5%	IQ Group: G
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Ghost	Poké Assist: ( Ghost )	Field Move: (Airlift)
"It launches eerie orbs to attack."

Evolution

	Unevolved	→ Level 28	First evolution
	Drifloon  Ghost  Flying		Drifblim  Ghost  Flying

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
				NO SPRITES AVAILABLE
			File:Spr 4p 425 s.png

For other sprites and images, please see Drifloon images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Drifloon is one of the few Pokémon allowed in Amity Square.
• Drifloon is the first Generation IV Pokémon to be shown in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
• In the Japanese version of Pearl's Pokédex entry, Drifloon specifically take children to the "world of the dead" (Japanese: あのよ), instead of just trying to "steal them away" as in the English version. However, in the US release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the description along with Drifloon's trophy still states that it is "taking children to the underworld".
• Drifloon shares the same species name with Jigglypuff's evolutionary family and Qwilfish. They are all known as Balloon Pokémon.
• Drifloon is one of ten non-Bug, Flying-type Pokémon that cannot learn Fly. However, Drifblim can.
  • Drifloon's ability in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia is to fly while the ranger hangs on to it, though only for a short length of time.
• The second frame of its Platinum sprite is similar to its Sugimori artwork.
• One Drifloon is available each Friday, in the same way that Lapras is available in Union Cave in Generation II.

Origin

Drifloon are based on balloons.

Name origin

Drifloon's name is a combination of drift and balloon. Its Japanese name, Fuwante, may be derived from ふわふわ fuwa fuwa, meaning soft, fluffy, and light, or an onomatopoeia for floating, and 風船 fūsen, balloon.

In other languages

• German: Driftlon - From drift and Ballon (balloon).
• French: Baudrive - From baudruche (balloon) and dérive (drift).
• Korean: 흔들풍손 Heun-deul-poong-sun

Related articles

• Fantina's Drifloon

External links

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.